Archive for the 'Music Business' Category


Re-Pono

Why does Neil Young get a pass? I don’t care that no one in the mainstream other than David Pogue has criticized Pono, I’m more worried about the rest of the stories. As Tony Wilson once told me, after screwing up the football scores for a news broadcast, the boss said no one cared about […]

AXS TV Grammy Prediction Special

I had a car accident. An unlicensed driver in an unregistered truck took a wide turn and slammed into me. Oh, I’m okay, just in shock. Well, maybe there’s some soft tissue damage. I can feel it a bit in my neck and shoulder, but nothing life-threatening. And you get as old as I am […]

The Super Bowl

You don’t put the ball in the air and you don’t do your act on someone else’s turf. Huh? The mo changed after the Patriots shut down the Seahawks in the fourth quarter. Seattle did not get the benefit of a pass interference call but then they did get that lucky break with the bounce […]

Jay Z-Aspiro/Wimp/Tidal

It’s all about the endgame. That’s what amateurs don’t understand about business. Jay Z doesn’t want to own and operate a streaming service, he just wants to leverage his fame to raise awareness and then lay the whole thing off on someone else. I’m sick and tired of entertainment people thinking they can compete in […]